New Print Ads for CNA Stores feature amazing images of famous people molded into one super person.

Bill Gates and Elvis Presley become Bill Presley, Whether it's software and microchips or music to swing your hips, we've got it. John Lennon and Albert Einstein become John Einstein, Whether it's music that changed the world or a theory that helped explain it, we've got it. Mother Teresa and Queen Elizabeth become Queen Teresa, Whether it's a book on a woman adorned in gold or a woman whose heart was made of it, we've got it. James Dean and Adolf Hitler become Adolf Dean, Whether it's a documentary on a dictator you can't forget or a rebel you'll never want to, we've got it.

New Ad industry related books, "Baked In", Creating Products and Businesses That Market Themselves | The Power of Aligning Marketing and Product Innovation by Alex Bogusky, John Winsor, order your copy now, set to be available October 13, 2009.SynopsisThe old way of selling was to create safe, ordinary products and combine them with mass marketing. The new way is to create truly innovative products and build the marketing right in. But how does a brand make the transition from old to new? According to advertising gurus Alex Bogusky and John Winsor, it starts with the realization that the message is not the product, the product is the message. In Baked-In, they offer a step-by-step guide on how brands can adapt and thrive in this brave new world. Using these tools, Bogusky and Winsor have successfully marketed some of today’s most important brands, including Google, Nike, Microsoft, Patagonia, Toyota, and Burger King. They reveal how, through tools at hand — product design, brand history, internal collaboration — and the new tools of digital technology — YouTube and the web in general — companies can succeed in the 21st-century marketplace. ORDER BAKED IN HERE

Last fall Google launched Project 10^100, a call for ideas to change the world by helping as many people as possible, over 150,000 ideas were submitted and narrowed down to the best 16 ideas. With our help (by voting at http://www.project10tothe100.com/vote.html) up to 5 will receive funding to implement the idea. The video below is a beautiful clip capturing the essence of Project 10^100.

From the Project 10 to the 100 website the question is:

What would help? And help most?

At Google, we don't believe we have the answers, but we do believe the answers are out there. Maybe in a lab, or a company, or a university -- but maybe not.

Maybe the answer that helps somebody is in your head, in something you've observed, some notion that you've been fiddling with, some small connection you've noticed, some old thing you have seen with new eyes.

We've narrowed 154,000 submissions down to 16 top ideas. Which ones should we make real? Cast your vote, and help us change the world.

Great new commercial for the VW Polo titled "Cool", created by DDB Barcelona.

The idea for the ad was to define the new VW Polo as cool, the story was to make it obvious what cool really means; to be self-confident, when you are cool, there is no need for show-offs or bragging. The result, a spot to demonstrate that sometimes, the best way to win is not to compete at all.Credits for this VW commercial:Title: "Cool"Product: VW PoloClient: VAESAAgency: DDB BarcelonaClient marketing director: Caita MontserratClient advertising director: Albert GarciaAgency Producer: Vicky MoñinoCreative Directors: Jose Maria Roca de Viñals / Juan Ramón AlfaroAccount manager: Gorka LozanoDirector: Pep BoschProduction Company: AgostoProducer: Julia CarrascoDirector of Photography: Paco FemeníaPost Production : InfiniaPost Production Supervisor: Sergi RodaEditor: Alba OriolMusic: BSOProduction Service Company: Film-maker, Sofía

Yahoo hopes to regain it's glory with the help of their new $100 million advertising campaign. The first ad to air is the Yahoo Anthem It's You, expect to see this commercial online and TV today.Ad Agency: Ogilvy & MatherDate Released: September 28, 2009

Troy Polamalu stars in this great new Head & Shoulders commercial. Polamalu is proving to not only be a star football player but a fine actor too, just look at how well he pulled off this bit in the spot.I'm sure we will be seeing much more of Troy throughout this NFL season both on the field and in the upcoming 2010 SuperBowl XLIV Commercial countdown.

Don't you just love how viral marketing is evolving? This fantastic new viral video starring Quique,the Argentine born without a body is actually a spot for Diesel Helmets. The Head for Diesel is brilliant creation of Shackleton and The Viral Factory.

This poor head is rolling off tables simply to promote this new helmet by Diesel, if you didn't come for the advertising and you want the helmets then you need to go Here.

Karina Smirnoff of Dancing With the Stars, poses in her nada's for the latest Peta celebrity ad, Karina would rather dance naked than wear fur.

The Russian beauty added this about Peta and appearing in the advertising, "You have a choice as an individual ... whether to make a statement that you do support killing animals or make a statement when you don't. And you can still be as chic as you can possibly want to be."

Great new viral video for the Red Sox Nation simply titled Yankees Suck. Isn't it refreshing to see the power of simplicity still working with just three words, The Yankees Suck, OK maybe just in Boston where the rivalry between Yankee fans and Red Sox fans seems to grow stronger every season.The spot was created by the ad agency Arnold Worldwide and directed by Paul Van Wart.

JC Penny turns a high school cafeteria into a fashion show runway in their newest ad campaign titled "Lunchroom Runway". The party ends and the music stops of course when the lunch room monitor walks in, music is a remake of the original "Too Fake Hockey" (full credits below) created by ad agency Saatchi & Saatchi, New York. Advertising Agency: Saatchi & Saatchi, New York, USA.

Ryan Seacrest for the newest Crest commercials. Seacrest for Crest, it almost works.In the new commercial for Crest Extra White plus Scope Outlast, Seacrest is bombarded by lovely women, it's a classier version of the typical Axe commercials only in the Crest spot Ladies can't resist a fresh minty smile.

New commercials for my favorite sandwich shop Mr. Sub, Surprise. The "Not Everyone Likes Surprises" campaign is a collection of three funny commercials featuring a groom who finds his father making out with his bride-to-be; a leather-clad husband trying to spice up his marriage only to shock his wife who happens to be wielding a cast iron pan; and a father of eight who decides to announce his change in sexual preference during an intimate family dinner.

Gary Watson, Co-Creative Director of BOS Toronto the ad agency behind these great spots comments: "I’ve been eating at Mr. Sub since I was a teenager and an assorted sub tastes as good today as it did decades ago. The insight for this campaign about "no surprises" comes right out of the product itself,". Chad Borlase, Co-Creative Director added, "To set up this positioning, we chose to show situations where surprises weren’t so welcome. And of course, using humour was a natural."

As every restaurants have their closing hours. We feel that this is a great opportunity for McDonald’s to communicate the new 24 hours service. McDonald’s places a night image of its restaurant onto the pull-down shutter of various restaurants. Once the shutter is pulled down after the restaurant’s operating hours, passer by will see an image of a McDonald’s in late hours. This is to deliver the message that while other restaurants are closed, one can enjoy good meal at McDonald’s 24 hours a day.

A Q and A with Gary Thomas, Crush Creative Director, on the Generation A films and the new book Generation A by Douglas Coupland. via: Glossy Inc.

This is your follow-up campaign to Coupland’s The Gum Thief, tell me about how this project was different?In both campaigns we let the content of the books drive our creative. The books are quite different, structurally and thematically. We had Doug this time, and since the characters in Generation A are all isolated and asked a series of seemingly random questions by a disembodied voice, we decided to subject Doug to the same experience.

How involved was Douglas Coupland?He liked the premise, and let us take it and run with it, similarly to The Gum Thief pieces. He followed the progress as we worked and added his input, which was always really considered.

Tell me about the shoot day.David Hicks (director from Sons and Daughters), Stefan Woronko (Crush’s Art Director) and I went out to Vancouver on a Friday at the end of July, had a prep day at Doug’s studio (the location), and then shot Sunday from 10:30 in the morning until 4:00.

Tell me about the animated segments in the films.We love interpreting Doug’s writing visually, and had a really good time with The Gum Thief stuff. We didn’t do as much this time, because the piece was more about Doug, but still wanted to do some. We included two stand-alone animation pieces to accompany the main film. The first one is an excerpt where one of the characters in the book helps himself sleep by reciting paint colour names from the Martha Stewart catalogue. Stefan opted for a simple, graphic treatment. He also did the voice over.

The Tragic Death of Channel Three screamed for a graphic novel treatment because of its lurid subject matter. Yoho Yue designed the panels and animated in After Effects along with Sean Cochrane and Kaelem Cahill. We wanted the piece to have a really basic feel, almost like an animatic.

I hear you used a lot of recourses at Crush, including your sister company Sons and Daughters and; numerous staff members in cameos. Tell me about that.With all our little side projects we use as many in-house resources as we can. We usually edit at Crush Cuts, our offline edit house. Kim Knight is a fantastic editor, (she cut the R.E.M. Man-Sized Wreath video last year). This time David Hicks, who is one of our partners, came to us when he heard we were working with Doug, and asked if he could help. David is a really busy commercials director, and was formerly one of the top editors in Canada. We jumped at the chance to work with David. He was great on the day, is great with people, and got something really filmic from our day at the studio. He also did the fantastic edit of the live material.

We also made three ads for a fictitious Channel three News team (which makes sense when you read the book). Once again, we did an internal casting session within Crush, our sister companies and alumni and put together the very convincing News Team you see in the final piece. Stefan drew on his years in the City TV empire to create the on air look. Click image to order Generation A from Barnes and Noble.Credits:Douglas Coupland Generation A FilmsTitles: 10 Question for Douglas Coupland, The Tragic Death of the Channel Three News Team, Colour SamplesClient: Random House CanadaDirectors: Crush and David HicksCrush Creative Director: Gary ThomasProduction Companies: Crush, Toronto and Sons and Daughters, TorontoAnimation and Visual Effects: Crush, Toronto

What makes an ad campaign great? Aside from the obvious creative directors, art directors or the production team, we rarely give enough to credit to the music composers behind some of our favorite campaigns. From my own experience here at Great-Ads, I regularly receive emails from individuals wanting to know who composed/sings or song credits for many of the ads here on the site and they are not always the easiest credits to find. With that in mind a new section devoted to Media/Music Composers begins.

Who is Glyn M. Owen?

Glyn studied at the Royal College of Music and now works as a media composer from his studio near London, England. His clients include Audi, BMW, Disney, O2, Schwarzkopf, T-Mobile and Volvo. Glyn writes in many musical styles not only in the world of advertising but also in music branding for companies such as ITV and SKY in the UK and further afield with ETV and MBC in the Middle East, SBS and NED 2 in Holland and POLSAT TV and TV ROSSIYA in Eastern Europe.

More recently he composed music to launch BMW’s new X6 for this promo clip titled "Experience"(video below) and earlier this year he was commissioned to write a 50’s style song for Braun’s ‘'Mafia’' commercial filmed especially for the Cannes Lions Festival 2009 (see it here on Youtube).

He has won numerous awards including a Cannes Lions Gold for Olympus’ "Red Eyed Baby" (see it here) and "Distorted Dogs" (see it here) and a Silver award for Volvo/Disney’s The Hunt "At World’s End" and "Dead Man's Chest" commercials (see it here).

Glyn also writes for the EMI and KPM Music libraries. For more info on Glyn M.Owen or to contact him directly visit his website at http://www.glynmowen.com.

Newest Duracell Batteries commercial titled "Bunny Fusion" gives us an explosion of those pink bunnies set to some nice music. If your thinking the pink bunny thing are only used in the Energizer keeps going and going and going ads, your right and both Duracell and Energizer have had a love for pink rabbits in their advertising for some time now.

New technologies and and the popularity of social media, innovations in our environment is altering the media landscape for marketers as we used to know it. Consumers are changing their habits and the way marketers reach that audience is changing, have you? Advertisers and marketers are searching for new ways to not only reach their customers, but to understand them, to peer inside their minds, don't bother trying to figure them out, just join them socially.

Content by XPLANE, The Economist, Karl Fisch, Scott McLeod and Laura Bestler. Design and development by XPLANE, http://www.xplane.com/. | The Visual Thinking Company. Music is by DoKashiteru titled "Home Tonight". Just in case you've been living under a rock buried in a cave in some remote island for the last 10 years, the Did You Know 4.0 is a follow up to the original "Did You Know" created by the same guys 2 years ago. Watch it below.

The new and very exclusive Lamborghini Reventón, this promo film was created by Philipp and Keuntje, Germany for the IAA Frankfurt. The Reventón is limited on 10 and will cost 1.6 million euros, that's about $2.4 million us dollars.

Printing books on demand with the Espresso Book Machine and Google Book Search. Google's Product Manager Brandon Badger for Google Books and Dane Neller, CEO of On Demand Books introduce the new "Espresso Book Machine.

With 1.5 million public domain books that have been digitized by Google they now will be available for purchase from any Espresso Book Machine at bookstores and libraries around the world.

Levi's 501 Live UnButtoned ads, New York photographer Chadwick Tyler directs these cool commercials with a classic American rock style, shot in black and white. Models are Josh Beech and Meghan Collison.

The amazing, great incredible extracts taken from Apple's Keynote address in September 2009. The genius behind this great video created it with iMovie09, which he claims is really awesome, and not one cut was repeated.

Check out JustAnotherGuys channel on YouTube where I found this gem of an incredible, it's amazing Apple clip, Apple is awesome...really.

Allan Gray Investments uses the legend of James Dean in their newest advertising campaign. I don't get the connection, but the ad agency King James had this to say about the commercial:

Allan Gray surmises how much more could have been achieved by the Legend had James Dean had more time.In all my years of advertising, I have never seen a treatment that was so detailed, so carefully thought through, and so deeply researched, than the treatment Keith gave us when pitching to handle this commercial. From beginning to end, his commitment to the job bordered on obsession." says Alistair King, Executive Creative Director at King James."This was an incredibly challenging board, says Rose. You just take it for granted that James Dean is so iconic, so to go and mess with him and replan his life, if it doesnt work its like youre desecrating his memory."We really needed to deal with it with sensitivity. According to Karin Barry-McCormack and Paige Nick, the creative team from King James; "For both of us, this was without a doubt the most exciting, challenging and intricate television project we have ever worked on. And it was amazing to work so closely with such a passionate team and such a collaborative client."

Levi's Go Forth print ad collection created by the ad agency Wieden + Kennedy. These are great, some of the tag lines used: "All I need is all I got", "Strike up for the new world", "This country was not built by men in suits" and a simply Levi's jean logo and the traditional wrinkled American flag "Go Forth".

Celebrating the unveiling of the new concept cars by Mini, "Two Untamed" was a three part video series introducing both the twin ladies who star in Untamed and of course the new Mini Coupé and Roadster concept vehicles.

The cars and the Twin Two Untamed video's were unveiled at the Frankfurt Motor Show.

Yoplait has raised over $22 million for breast cancer over a period of 10+ years. This year the dairy producer created the "Yoplait Pledge", bringing an element of the social media into their campaign. The question they asked themselves, "How do you target a campaign to one million 22-year-old girls about breast cancer? More importantly, how do you get them to listen"? They hired Publicis Modem, New York to craft a bold, digital educational campaign to educate the Gen Y demographic, and went to the streets of Facebook with anything but a marketing campaign. Not only was the campaigns use of a quiz on Facebook bold, but some of the applications went beyond Facebooks current functionality they even locked out boys.Client: General MillsBrand: YoplaitAgency: Publicis Modem New YorkExecutive Creative Director: Patrick ClarkeCreative Director: Roald Van WykArt Director: Katherine KuniCopywriter: Kate LummusAgency Producer: Megan KellyProject Manager: Erick MachadoTechnical Lead: Drew ZieglerProduction Company: BlacklistExecutive Producer: Adina SalesProducer: Karen LawlerDirector: PistachiosDOP: Måns SwanbergEditor: Måns SwanbergColorist: Måns SwanbergMusic and Sound Design: AntfoodFacebook Developer: Vitrue

Finally a fashion industry campaign I like.Boudicca, Typhoon CP shot live action sequences using a motion control rig, a unique system with its circular dolly track. The film constructs a ‘dress’ around a bare mannequin, with the dress simply growing and evolving; the folds, strands, creepers and swirls of the ‘dress’ being enhanced with 3D CGI. The final piece of animation turns the screen black allowing for the Boudicca Platform 13 logo and Magpies to emerge white over the black frame. Using a motion control rig enabled each pass to be shot in live action which allowed control of the animation transition in edit and the speed dynamics and duration of the film could be lengthened and shortened, to accommodate the various media platforms Boudicca hope to use the film for.

Once filming was completed, all of the various passes (upwards of 50 separate takes) were composited together at UNIT using The Foundry’s “Nuke” software. Time was taken to embellish the final product, with particular focus on the pace and feel of the dress’ creation. Utilising the 3D departments Maya and Tracking software PFTrack, CG animation was created for the ending, giving the effect of a continuation in the build of the dress. This was then seamlessly integrated and developed into a final, loopable ending. Mannequin seams, set edges and rigging were then removed and finally an overall colour grade applied.

The Official Movie promo trailer for Michael Jackson "This Is It". Movie will be in theaters everywhere October 28. Sony Pictures has created a website promoting the late King Of Pop's movie, here at The Official MJ This Is It Website.

Proximo Spirits, launched a new advertising campaign for 1800 Silver Tequila brand featuring The Sopranos star Michael Imperioli, (better known as Christopher Moltisanti) the commercials draw attention to the fact that tequila has lost its way, becoming an overpriced and pretentious spirit. In a series of spots, Imperioli brandishes his signature tough guy image, poking fun at Patrón while noticing one brand that sets itself apart.1800 Tequila "Change The Game" KickBack Commercial

"Unlike Patrón, which was started by a co-founder of a hair care company in 1989, 1800 Silver Tequila has nine generations of distilling expertise behind it, and is a family-owned brand of superb quality 100% Agave spirit," said a spokesperson from Proximo. "In this economy, we don't think consumers need to pay an arm and a leg for great tasting tequila. This new ad campaign is about reminding people that they can buy the real deal – 1800 Silver Tequila – and have just as much fun."1800 Tequila "Change The Game" Shot Top Commercial

The campaign, created by Agent16 New York, is the brand’s first television advertising campaign. The aggressive tone of the spots – calling out Patrón for the top position in the premium tequila category illustrates how 1800 Tequila will assert itself as the leading brand of Silver tequila.

The new $15 million ad campaign is set to debut on September 14th on top cable channels including ESPN and Comedy Central. Additionally, 1800 Tequila is also planning major buys of interactive, expandable rich media on Sports Illustrated.com and Yahoo! Sports, showcasing the complete collection of television spots, to round out a full television, print, online, and out-of-home campaign.

The launch of the new campaign follows a sponsorship of the Los Angeles Lakers, making 1800 Tequila the first spirits brand to sponsor the 2009 NBA Championship team.

With the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) is in full gear in Toronto, ad agency BBDO, Toronto has created this funny campaign for the RBC Emerging Filmmakers Competition. Be sure to watch the spots in order so can follow the story; After Party, Cheetah Prince and Chic Chicken. The campaign is directed by Holiday Films Steven Tsuchida.

Adrain Peterson stars in the new Nike TV commercial, directed by David Fincher, titled "Trail of Destruction, Alter Ego". The ad created by ad agency, Wieden + Kennedy, Portland gives us NFL great Peterson in tearing up the field in an absolutely brilliant commercial set to the music of sound company Soundtree. Full credits below.

The star of the new Windows 7 commercial is Kylie, who seems to have become Microsoft's poster child for Windows. She first appeared in a Windows commercial earlier this year, plugging the Windows Live Photo Gallery, now Kylie takes all the happy words about Windows 7 and makes them happier in her very own slide show.

Windows 7 spot by ad agency Crispin Porter & Bogusky titled "Good News," is hoping to gain third-party credibility with positive reviews by outlets such as CNET, Gizmodo, Maximum PC and the Seattle Times.Windows 7 much like Windows Vista will do nothing for me but the commercial is great, thanks to little Kylie, the reviews are meaningless Kylie does all the work in this commercial.

Peyton Manning and Justin Timberlake play ping pong in the newest commercial for Sony Bravia. Peyton and Justin surprise unsuspecting HDTV shoppers behind a wall of Sony Bravia's and go on to tell us how sports look so much in HD. Great ad, I like it and not just because of Manning.

Bud Light Lime "Getting It In The Can" ad is the work of DDB, Chicago and one of the funniest commercials I have seen in some time. I know what your thinking about what is being implied her in the Bud Light Lime commercial but just take it for it is; you can Bud Lime in the can now too, how great is that?

Pamela Anderson stars in a new video for Peta, the latest Peta ad titled "Cruelty Doesn't Fly". Anderson plays a security guard in the spot and dons an airport security-guard outfit and strips traveler's of their fashion faux pas animal skins. The video also stars, Steve-O, punk rocker Nina Hagen and famous comedian Andy Dick. Leave it to Peta and their commercials to leave us scratching our heads. Continue reading after watching the ad they rejected this ad from being shown at some US airports.

PETA is making news again with this new spot, the Pamela Anderson commercials has been banned from airport TV's. The message is "Cruelty doesn't fly", and that wearing skins, fur, leather or wool is not OK, BUT according to PETA, they had planned to run the ad on CNN airport edition, but were told that it was "too racy".Despite the ban, Pamela Anderson is still planning to speak out against animal cruelty and wants to pitch the commercial to the likes of Sir Richard Branson.

Audi A4 2.0 TDI commercial titled "Intelligently Combined", as is their new TV ad. In typical Audi style the spot is classy and elegant from the start to finish including the music, by Steven Schwalbe, and Tobias Wagner.

A series of promo spots for the 2009 MTV Video Music Awards that celebrate the show's return to New York City. The spots pay homage to the theatrical classic musical West Side Story, featuring show host Russell Brand and VMA-nominated musicians performing a recreation of the signature tune Tonight throughout a series of original Manhattan sets.

The spots were produced individually and then edited together as one fully-mixed anthem. Each have a distinct look and feature some of the biggest names in the music business belting out a hope-filled tune in anticipation of the night ahead. Ne-Yo, in classic Michael Jackson-style attire dances his way through a graffiti-laced junkyard. Swanky Katy Perry hustles up an attitude in a rooftop garden. Glamorous Taylor Swift sings in the rain out of the open window of a taxi. Cobra Starship slams through the Subway in a musical parade while Leighton Meester sings on the steps. And a cane-swinging Russell Brand sings about the awaiting night's events through the city's gritty backstreets. Each of the bits uses the network's iconic spaceman statuettes, a hallmark of the VMAs since their inception. MTV VMA Promos: Katy Perry

Global creative agency ATTIK (www.attik.com) and Scion are very proud to reveal their new Brand Manifesto integrated campaign, intended to inspire new youthful and creative trendleaders with its bold and edgy elements. The campaign debuted fresh creative elements in TV, print, and out-of-home media and launched new online initiatives in July, and additional TV and print executions have continued rolling out since that time.

"With this new Brand Manifesto campaign, we set out to re-introduce Scion to young, urban consumers by reinforcing the company's unique position as an authentic brand that is all about creativity and individuality," said ATTIK's co-founder and creative director Simon Needham.

Working with Scion, Needham and his colleagues created numerous manifestos that appear in model-specific campaign assets, each featuring its own font, style treatment and set of manifestos reflecting the vehicle's unique personality.. xD: the aggressive and edgy subcompact five-door: "Create a following by never following" and "Stand with us by standing out". xB: the urban utility vehicle with an iconic shape: "Be an icon, not an imitation" and "Be the original, not the copy". tC: the exciting sports coupe: "Tear it up, don't rip it off" and "Always zag when others zig"

With "Become one of us by becoming none of us" serving as a recurring manifesto for all of the Scion models, the campaign encourages individuals to be true to themselves by being original and never following.

The campaign's first :30 broadcast spot, entitled "xD Explosion," began broadcast and cable rotation on July 4 to synchronize with xD-themed print ads appearing in the July issues of several targeted monthly publications. The campaign's out-of-home billboards for all three models also went live in key cities across the country on July 1, and new broadcast and print elements for the xB broke in August, while those for the tC debuted this month.

July 16 marked the launch of two key campaign assets: custom microsites offering audiences innovative ways to participate in Brand Manifesto. The first, Pixel Reveal (www.scionreveal.com), invited visitors to register to win a highly customized Scion worth over $34,000, and to visit the site every day to remove more pixels; as the number of registrant and daily visits climbed, the million-pixel site revealed more of the grand prize Scion, which was awarded to the registrant revealing the last pixel. The second site, entitled Speechifier, allowed visitors to enter their own manifestos to automatically generate video versions of their messages using a montage of video clips. Personal manifestos created at the site could then be embedded into social media sites.

"With this Brand Manifesto campaign, we are inviting even more trendleading, creative individuals to participate in the brand's unique philosophy of 'vehicle as self-expression,'" said Needham. "While our United by Individuality campaign celebrated Scion owners for their individuality, Brand Manifesto aims to attract even more creative trendleaders into the Scion family."

"The Scion brand has always inspired creativity and embraced individuality," said Jack Hollis, Scion vice president. "The daring manifestos will authentically reach out to a younger audience that is on the cutting edge of culture…challenging them to be original and unique--to be an individual."

Guitar Hero takes to Hugh Hefner and the Playboy Playmates to promote Guitar Hero 5, the girls do a remake of Risky Business.

Guitar Hero 5 will launch next week with a variety of today's hottest bands and classic tracks and innovative new features that make it the most exciting and accessible Guitar Hero game yet.Helping celebrate the games launch are Playboy Founder Hugh Hefner and ten Playboy Playmates who are starring in a sexy new ad campaign that highlights how the game lets fans rock any way they want and includes a limited time two-for-one offer of the unreleased Guitar Hero Van Halen game with every purchase of Guitar Hero 5.The ad is part of the high-profile launch of Guitar Hero 5 and highlights how the game lets fans rock any way they want and showcases the beautiful Playmates jamming to Bob Seger & the Silver Bullet Bands Old Time Rock and Roll in the Playboy Mansion while Hefner enjoys the show.Credits:Brand: Guitar HeroAgency: Crispin Porter + BoguskyAgency Producer: Aymi BeltramoCreative Director: Steve Babcock; Conor McCannCreative: Craig Mandell; Jon MuellerDirector: Brett RatnerProduction: HSI Los AngelesProducer: Ron MohrhoffDirector of Photography: Jeff CronenwethPost Production: MethodEditor: Lucas Spaulding

The latest TV commercial from Saab, part of the Changing Perspective campaign that launched the new Saab 9-3X. Music is called Time Is Now by the the Swedish singer Asha Ali, I love the song as much as the commercial. An interactive version can be found here at Saab Change Perspective.

The new live action trailer for Bungie Studios upcoming title Halo 3: ODST which is set to be released September 22, 2009 for the Xbox 360.The full trailer was recently released on SpikeTV during the Band of Brothers premier.

Latest Trailer from Bungie/Microsoft to promote the soon to be released Halo 3 ODST.

Song: The Gaelic song is a version of Café del Mar's "Light of Aidan - Lament", which is much more lighter and softer. I do not have or know where to get this version.

Lyrics: "And my army of brothers went over the hilltops, drenched in blood we may be... but fighting is all left to me... Together with my army of brothers... down we fall... darkness in all... through hell!"

Foster's "How To Speak Australian", is the newest advertising campaign created by ad agency Digitas - Chicago. The new 15 second TV commercials for the Foster's How To Speak Australian are Bailout, Social Networking, GPS, Long Distant Relationships, MetroSexual and Man Purse, that's right Foster's is still Australian for beer.

Don't Text and Drive "the making of" the car crash effects and how they were put together for the British Text and Drive PSA from Wales that has made headlines throughout the world.

By Christine Clarke on September 3rd, 2009 via: BoardsMagAd exec Donny Deutch called it the most powerful PSA ever made, while US broadcasters are debating whether it is too graphic to be shown on TV. The Gwent Police Department’s curiously and assertively titled, “Cow - The Film That Will Stop You Texting and Driving” is making headlines worldwide, and all of the press is focused on the film’s intensely violent depiction of a road accident - initiated by a trio of distracted girls, one texting while driving - that leaves many of the involved motorists dead and the survivors’ severely traumatized.

The project began around 14 years ago when Tredegar Comprehensive School in Wales asked director Peter Watkins-Hughes to make a PSA called Lucky Luke, depicting the consequences of joyriding. Watkins-Hughes, who also lectures on the subject of documentary film and television for the Newport School of Art, Media and Design, was tasked by the school with updating Lucky Luke for a contemporary audience. Soliciting input from students, and bringing the Gwent Police Department on board, he realized that joyriding was now replaced by texting as the biggest issue facing young drivers while on the road.

The four-minute clip, part of a larger half-hour film which will be broadcast on the BBC, is unrelenting in its depiction of the crash. This isn’t a glossed-up, Hollywood-ized version of a crash, however. Filmed on a shoestring £10,000 budget and only a few thousand pounds allotted for the effects work (completed by Welsh company Zipline Creative), the PSA is no-nonsense grit.

As is par for the course, the “concerned adult” sector is questioning the level of violence, but in actuality it was the students the director worked with who pressed him to depict the brutal truth.

“With the crash scene in particular, we were taking the edit back to the youth and they were consistently telling us, make it more realistic, make it more graphic because that’s how to reach the audience,” says Watkins-Hughes, who auditioned 300 Welsh youth for the film. “It’s interesting, this debate about the shock factor, because actually you have the young generation saying, ‘We don’t know the realities of car crash. If you show us the reality it’d actually have more impact than trying to be clever.’”

In attempting to authentically construct that reality, Watkins-Hughes consulted emergency services workers who noted that a nightmarish situation they consistently face in a collision is the serious injury or death of parents, while their child is left relatively unharmed in the backseat.

“That stayed with me and I was determined to have that in the film,” explains Watkins-Hughes. “The little boy crying, ‘Mummy, Daddy please wake up’ in that scene is my own son Henry. So whenever I see the clip it has a particular emotional resonance for me and my wife has to leave the room whenever it plays.”

Watkins-Hughes says it’s that emotional resonance coupled with the shock factor that has made the PSA successful. It’s racked up more than one million views on YouTube, despite the over-18 viewing restriction, and Watkins-Hughes has fielded calls from media outlets in Europe and Australia, as well as The New York Times and The Washington Post. The US military’s driving schools unit has even requested the clip to show to its personnel.

Still, the main target was young British drivers.

“Road traffic deaths are the biggest killer of young people in the UK aged 13 - 35. Increasingly mobile phones are involved in these accidents,” says Watkins-Hughes. “Why give up your own life just to tell somebody you’re going to be 5 minutes late? It doesn’t seem like a fair contract for me. In this country driving while using a mobile phone is illegal, but most young people don’t understand why that is. What this film does is it makes the rationale behind the law much clearer.”

Here is the PSA Texting and Driving Advert Master Original Video in HD quality.